Europa and the Pirate Twins
(Written by Thomas Dolby. Published by LTP Inc., admin. Smash Ltd./MCPS)
reprinted without permission

I was fourteen
She was twelve
Father travelled--hers as well--Europa...
Down the beaches
Hand in hand
Twelfth of never on the sand
Then war took her away
We swore a vow that day:
We'll be the Pirate Twins again, Europa
Oh my country, Europa
I'll stand beside you in the rain, Europa
Ta republique...

Nine years later, who'd I see
On the cover of a magazine? Europa
Buy her singles and see all her films
Paste her pictures on my windowsill
But that's not quite the same--it isn't, is it?
Europa my old friend...
We'll be the Pirate Twins again, Europa
Oh my country, Europa
I'll stand beside you in the rain, Europa
Ta republique...

Blew in from the hoverport
She was back in London
Pushed past the papermen
Calling her name
She smiled for the cameras
As a bodyguard grabbed me
Then her eyes were gone forever
As they drove her away...
We'll be the Pirate Twins again, Europa
Oh my country, Europa
I'll stand beside you in the rain, Europa
Ta republique...

Produced by Thomas Dolby

Harmonica: Andy Partridge
Drums: Justin Hildreth
Electronic percussion, wave computer and synthesiser: Thomas Dolby
Bass Guitar: Mark Heyward-Chaplin
Guitar: Kevin Armstrong
Backing vocals: Les Chappell, Thomas Dolby
Recorded and mixed in London at Advision, April '81

Andy Partridge appears courtesy of XTC and Virgin Records.

(c) 1981 EMI Records Ltd.

For more information on Thomas Dolby, please write to:
Flat Earth Society
11288 Ventura Blvd., #304B
Studio City, CA 91604

or Thomas Dolby E Mail 72662,3112@Compuserve.com